If it’s only a tiny flicker, it is there and we can find something good in the most awful of happenings.
If it’s only a tiny flicker, it is there and we can find something good in the most awful of happenings.
One day I’d like to think that I will become a survivor, rather than always being the victim.
One day I’d like to think that I will become a survivor, rather than always being the victim.
This whole episode in my life has caused me nothing but guilt and pain.
This whole episode in my life has caused me nothing but guilt and pain.
It was not until I went to the counsellor did I realise my behaviour during my adult life had come from my childhood.
It was not until I went to the counsellor did I realise my behaviour during my adult life had come from my childhood.
Even in recovery family life is fraught with tension.
Even in recovery family life is fraught with tension.
We would get more anxious; more edgy; more afraid, and school was closed.
We would get more anxious; more edgy; more afraid, and school was closed.
She is like the poem “When she was good, she was very, very good. But when she was bad she was wicked”.
She is like the poem “When she was good, she was very, very good. But when she was bad she was wicked”.
Sometimes society and family will imply that you are guilty for having a parent that drinks.
Sometimes society and family will imply that you are guilty for having a parent that drinks.
The haunting feeling of inadequacy that visits me daily is a reminder that some things take an age to heal.
The haunting feeling of inadequacy that visits me daily is a reminder that some things take an age to heal.
My mother drank heavily when she was pregnant with us.
My mother drank heavily when she was pregnant with us.
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